Leads and mentors an engineering team while contributing hands-on to scalable client-facing applications. Responsibilities include architecture, coding, code reviews, sprint planning, backlog prioritization, stakeholder collaboration, delivery tracking, technical strategy, CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and process improvement. The role requires Java proficiency, AWS experience, REST API development, database performance tuning, microservices expertise, and service ownership.
Are you a seasoned Software Engineer seeking your next opportunity to make a significant impact? Do you bring curiosity and drive, coupled with a wealth of experience, to excel in a fast-paced and dynamic environment? Do you thrive in collaborative settings, valuing engineering as a team-driven pursuit? Are you motivated by achieving success as part of a high-performing team? If so, continue reading…
Our system is composed of a retreating monolith surrounded by a growing collection of microservices. Within this system, you and your engineering team will be responsible for building and maintaining client-facing components. The current technology stack consists of ReactJS, Java, PostgreSQL, Docker and AWS. If you’re hungry to learn, humble, and interested in winning as a team, we think you’ll do well here. What’s most important is that you love your work, respect the team and don’t lose your sense of humour along the way.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead, mentor, and support a team of engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, ownership, and collaboration.
- Conduct 1:1s, provide coaching and feedback, and support engineers in their professional development.
- Participate in hiring, onboarding, and team growth strategies- including performance management tasks; annual reviews, merit, feedback conversations.
- Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code—setting the standard for technical excellence within the team.
- Actively contribute to key development projects and unblock engineering challenges as needed.
- Guide architecture, code reviews, and technical decision-making to ensure high-quality delivery.
- Collaborate with Product, Design, and other stakeholders to define and deliver solutions that meet user and business needs.
- Partner with Product to shape epics, plan sprints, and prioritize the backlog.
- Own team-level sprint planning, delivery timelines, and status reporting.
- Hold the team accountable to sprint commitments, ensuring timely delivery of epics and completion of tickets.
- Identify and manage technical dependencies and risks.
- Champion engineering best practices in coding, testing, CI/CD, and monitoring.
- Drive continuous improvement in tools, workflows, and team processes.
- Help define and implement the long-term technical strategy for your team.
- Are proficient in Java while comfortable with adopting new technologies
Team Leadership & Development
Hands-On Development
Project & Stakeholder Management
Process & Technical Excellence
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 1–2+ years in a leadership or team lead capacity.
- You have experience with AWS Lambda, ECS, SQS, Kinesis as well as Sendgrid, Postfix and Terraform.
- Experience designing and delivering scalable, production-ready systems and applications.
- Comfortable contributing to both frontend and/or backend codebases, depending on the team’s needs.
- Solid understanding of modern development practices, architecture patterns, and engineering tools.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, especially across cross-functional teams.
- Have experience delivering reliable, high-performance REST APIs.
- Have a strong interest in database & query performance tuning.
- Have experience and good understanding of scrum/agile development methodologies.
- Are experienced with code reviews, service ownership, fully automated testing, microservices, and rapid/continuous releases. Preferred Skills:
- You have technical experience with E-mail processing and tracking in large systems.
- Experience with serverless, queuing, streaming.
- Are comfortable with being on-call for support and interacting directly with clients if needed.
- You have worked directly in the finance industry and/or at a SaaS startup.
About the Company: The BlueMatrix team is made up of ambitious and passionate people who have turned technology development and client service into an art. Many have dedicated the majority of their career to growing the BlueMatrix brand and helping shape the investment research marketplace. With locations in Toronto, New York City, Durham, London, Edinburgh, and Timisoara, Romania, we collaborate across the globe for a unique perspective on the impact of technology in our industry.
BlueMatrix develops one-of-a-kind web applications for the authoring, distribution, and analysis of investment research, and for internal knowledge management and digital communications. Our mission is to streamline the publishing process on a global scale.
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